Bouquet-holder



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E. A'. MOORE 8v E. SOHREYER.

BOUQUET HOLDER.

No. 425,082. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

'arca UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. MOORE AND FRANK SOIIREYER, OF LOGANSPORT, INDIANA.

BOUQUET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,082, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed February 25, 1890. Serial No. 341,737. (No model.)

To all whom, it may con/cern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK A. MOORE and FRANK SCHEEYER, citizens of the United States, residing at Logansport, in the county of Cass and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Bouquet-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bouquet-holders.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and attractive bouquetholder adapted to be readily attached to the clothing and capable of being quickly removed therefrom, and of enabling the flowers to be conveniently inserted and removed.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, aud pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a bouquet-holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on an enlarged scale and on the line a' Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. i is alongitudinal sectional view.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a plate, which forms the back of the holder and is provided at its upper edge with a horizontal flange 2, having a centrallyarranged curved recess 3. The plate l is constructed of suitable material, preferably sheet metal, and may be suitably ornamented, and is provided near its lower end with a disk 4, to the outer face of which is secured a clamping-plate 5, that is arranged to engage the stems of the flowers and secure the same to the holder. The lower end of the clamping-plate 5 is circular and conforms to the disk to which it is secured, andthe upper cud is T-shaped, and the arms 6 are curved toward the plate and are adapted to engage thev stems of the flowers, which are arranged in the curved recess 3 of the ilange 2. plate is secured to the clothing by a spring 7, that is double and centrally coiled around the disk 4, and has its arms 8 extending upward along the sides of the plate, and their ends 9 project through perforations 10 of the plate and are arranged at a slight angle to the latter, and are adapted to be drawn together and pressed against the clothing, and in spreading will engage the fabric and securely hold the plate thereto. The arms 8 of The the spring-pin are provided near the top of the plate, just below the perforations l0, with L-shaped plaies 11, that have one arm secured to the spring and arranged longitudinally along the same, and the other arm extending across and projecting beyond the sides of the plate, and the ends 12 are slightly bent and are adapted to be readily engaged by the fingers to draw the arms of the spring to gether.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawing the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily be understood.

The curved arms 6 of the clamping-plate 5 bear on the L-shaped plates 11 and serve an additional function to hold the plates close against the back plate.

What we claim is- 1. In a bouquet-holder, the combination of the plate provided at its upper edge with the flange 2, having the curved recess 3, the clamping-plate provided at its upper end with the curved arms G, and the spring-pin7 substantially as described.

2. 'In a bouquet-holder, the combination of the plate provided at its upper edge with the ilange 2, having the curved recess 3, the disk 4., the T-shaped clamping-plate secured to the disk and having its arm 6 curved, the springpin coiled around the disk and having its arms 8 extending along the sides of the plate, and having its ends projecting through perforations of the plate and arranged at an'angle thereto, and the L-shaped plates secured to the arms of the spring-pin aud having their ends extending beyond the sides of the plate, substantially as described.

3. In a bouquet-holder, the lock-plate l, the spring-pin attaching the holder to the wearer, having its arms Sextending along the sides of the back plate and its ends projecting through perforations of the plate, and the clamping-plate 5 for the bouquet, having the curved arms 6 bearing on the arms of the spring-pin, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto atliXed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK A. MOORE. FRANK SCHREYER. Witnesses:

HENRY HUBLER, FEED J. MONTFORT.

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